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TECHNICAL ASPECTS REGARDING THE IMPROVEMENT OF AEROSPACE AIR DEFENSE VECTORS’ PERFORMANCES

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dc.creator Vasile SANDRU
dc.date 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.identifier 2068-9403
dc.identifier https://doaj.org/article/df6507d10ee9498b8e2ad5ed7a62d554
dc.description Confronted with the spectacular evolution of the aircraft and other aerial vehicles, the systems destined to combat them, especially Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (SAMS), went through an accelerated loss of their performance. The financial crisis has forced an extension of the system operation even if the system is outdated. Therefore, a new modernized version has been designed. Many times, it is better to improve an existing system than to buy a new one. This article describes the diversity of SAMS’s challenges, involving a decrease in time regarding their number. The types of challenges can be divided in two categories: technical and institutional ones. The technical challenges can be also divided in two categories: deterioration of material and obsolescence. The classes of material that present interest for us are aerodynamic vector structure, propulsion, and special systems. From an institutional point of view, the main problems are: cost versus performance and cost versus the remaining lifetime (technical resource) of the air defense system. The article finishes with conclusions that support the possibility and necessity of a SAMS upgrade, given the change of the threats characteristics.
dc.language EN
dc.publisher Regional Department of Defense Resources Management Studies
dc.relation http://journal.dresmara.ro/issues/volume4_issue1/22_sandru.pdf
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/2068-9403
dc.source Journal of Defense Resources Management, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 193-202 (2013)
dc.subject SAMS (Surface-to-Air Missile Systems)
dc.subject Technical and Institutional challenges
dc.subject LCC (Life Cycle Cost
dc.subject Military Science
dc.subject U
dc.subject DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.title TECHNICAL ASPECTS REGARDING THE IMPROVEMENT OF AEROSPACE AIR DEFENSE VECTORS’ PERFORMANCES
dc.type article
dc.provenance Journal Licence: CC BY-NC-SA


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